The San Diego Critics Circle has announced the following nominees. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 6, 2012, from 6:00 to 10:00 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect, La Jolla.
OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL: Cabaret, Cygnet Theatre Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Theatre Little Shop of Horrors, Cygnet Theatre Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse The Who's Tommy, San Diego Repertory Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, FEMALE Melissa Fernandes, Little Shop of Horrors, Cygnet Linda Libby, Gypsy, Ion Theatre Patti Murin, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Karson St. John, Cabaret, Cygnet Aspen Vincent, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, MALE Geno Carr, Servant of Two Masters, Lamb's Players Theatre Randall Dodge, The Fantasticks, Welk Resorts Theatre Bryce Ryness, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse B. Slade, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Robert Townsend, The Story of My Life, San Diego Musical Theatre
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, MALE Doug Davis, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Derek Gaffney, Spring Awakening, Actors' Conservatory Theatre Randall Hickman, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Dick Latessa, Little Miss Sunshine, La Jolla Playhouse Bob Stillman, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, FEMALE Melissa Fernandes, Cabaret, Cygnet Linda Libby, Cabaret, Cygnet Dani Marcus, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Jill Van Velzer, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, SD Rep Katie Whalley, Gypsy, Ion Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Jeff Calhoun, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Steve Glaudini, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Sean Murray, Cabaret, Cygnet Claudio Raygoza, Kim Strassburger, Gypsy, Ion Theatre Sam Woodhouse, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION Laura Bergquist, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Steve Gunderson, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Don LeMaster, A Chorus Line, San Diego Musical Theatre Elan McMahan, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY David Brannen, Cabaret, Cygnet JT Horenstein, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, Old Globe Michael Mizerany, Dooley, Diversionary Theatre Doug Varone, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse Javier Velasco, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING MUSIC FOR A PLAY Shaun Davey, The Tempest, Old Globe John Gromada, A Dram of Drummhicit, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRODUCTION Angels in America, Ion Theatre August:: Osage County, Old Globe Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Theatre Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Repertory Theatre Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts The Tempest, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE Angels in America, Ion Theatre August: Osage County, Old Globe Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep Peer Gynt, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, MALE Miles Anderson, The Tempest, Old Globe Jeffrey DeMunn, Death of a Salesman, Old Globe Manny Fernandes, Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts Robert Foxworth, Superior Donuts, San Diego Rep John Rua, Somewhere, Old Globe Kyle Sorrell, Angels in America, Ion Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, FEMALE Jill Drexler, Foxfire, Moonlight Stage Productions Melinda Gilb, Walter Cronkite is Dead, San Diego Rep Jo Anne Glover, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Lois Markle, August: Osage County, Old Globe Rosina Reynolds, The Glass Menagerie, Cygnet Aubrey Saverino, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, FEMALE Lisel Gorrel-Getz, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep Catalina Maynard, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Tonya Pinkins, Milk Like Sugar, La Jolla Playhouse Diana Reasonover, Stick Fly, Mo'olelo Performing Arts Karson St. John, Ten Cent Night, Moxie
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, MALE Ben Diskant, The Tempest, Old Globe David Ellenstein, My Name is Asher Lev, North Coast Rep Nick Kennedy, Grace, Ion Theatre Brian Mackey, The Glass Menagerie, Cygnet Matt Thompson, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Jay Whittaker, Amadeus, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION Jesus Christ Superstar, La Jolla Playhouse Next to Normal, Broadway/San Diego Shrek the Musical, Broadway/San Diego
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY Kirsten Greenidge, Milk Like Sugar, La Jolla Playhouse Matthew Lopez, Somewhere, Old Globe Stephen Metcalfe, The Tragedy of the Commons, Cygnet David Myers, Small Prophecies, UC San Diego
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY Sam Gold, August: Osage County, Old Globe Adrian Noble, The Tempest, Old Globe Glenn Paris, Claudio Raygoza, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Daren Scott, Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Matthew Wiener, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN David Ballard, Amadeus, Old Globe Melanie Chen, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Deborah Gilmour Smyth, The Book of the Dun Cow, Lamb's Players Jeremy J. Lee, Somewhere, Old Globe George Ye, Tragedy of the Commons, Cygnet
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN Deirdre Clancy, Amadeus, Old Globe Jennifer Brawn Gittings, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep Jennifer Brawn Gittings, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Sonia Elizabeth Lerner, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep Jeanne Reith, The Servant of Two Masters, Lamb's Players
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN Christopher Akerlind, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse Alan Burrett, The Tempest, Old Globe Karen Filijan, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Michael Gilliam, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Japhy Wiedeman, August: Osage County, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN Marty Burnett, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep David Korins, Little Miss Sunshine, La Jolla Playhouse Michael McKeon, Trying, Lamb's Players Tobin Ost, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Victoria Petrovich, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep David Zinn, August: Osage County, Old Globe
Other awards announced at the ceremony: Outstanding Young Artist/Sandra Ellis-Troy Scholarship Outstanding Special Event Braunagel Award for Achievement by a Small Theater Actor of the Year
*photo source: oldglobe.org
The San Diego Critics Circle has announced the following nominees. The awards ceremony will take place on Monday, February 6, 2012, from 6:00 to 10:00 at the Museum of Contemporary Art, 700 Prospect, La Jolla.
OUTSTANDING RESIDENT MUSICAL: Cabaret, Cygnet Theatre Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Theatre Little Shop of Horrors, Cygnet Theatre Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse The Who's Tommy, San Diego Repertory Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, FEMALE Melissa Fernandes, Little Shop of Horrors, Cygnet Linda Libby, Gypsy, Ion Theatre Patti Murin, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Karson St. John, Cabaret, Cygnet Aspen Vincent, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, MALE Geno Carr, Servant of Two Masters, Lamb's Players Theatre Randall Dodge, The Fantasticks, Welk Resorts Theatre Bryce Ryness, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse B. Slade, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Robert Townsend, The Story of My Life, San Diego Musical Theatre
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, MALE Doug Davis, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Derek Gaffney, Spring Awakening, Actors' Conservatory Theatre Randall Hickman, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Dick Latessa, Little Miss Sunshine, La Jolla Playhouse Bob Stillman, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A MUSICAL, FEMALE Melissa Fernandes, Cabaret, Cygnet Linda Libby, Cabaret, Cygnet Dani Marcus, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Jill Van Velzer, The Great American Trailer Park Musical, SD Rep Katie Whalley, Gypsy, Ion Theatre
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A MUSICAL Jeff Calhoun, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Steve Glaudini, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions Sean Murray, Cabaret, Cygnet Claudio Raygoza, Kim Strassburger, Gypsy, Ion Theatre Sam Woodhouse, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING MUSICAL DIRECTION Laura Bergquist, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Steve Gunderson, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Don LeMaster, A Chorus Line, San Diego Musical Theatre Elan McMahan, Hairspray, Moonlight Stage Productions
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY David Brannen, Cabaret, Cygnet JT Horenstein, Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show, Old Globe Michael Mizerany, Dooley, Diversionary Theatre Doug Varone, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse Javier Velasco, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING MUSIC FOR A PLAY Shaun Davey, The Tempest, Old Globe John Gromada, A Dram of Drummhicit, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING DRAMATIC PRODUCTION Angels in America, Ion Theatre August:: Osage County, Old Globe Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Theatre Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Repertory Theatre Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts The Tempest, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE Angels in America, Ion Theatre August: Osage County, Old Globe Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep Peer Gynt, La Jolla Playhouse
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, MALE Miles Anderson, The Tempest, Old Globe Jeffrey DeMunn, Death of a Salesman, Old Globe Manny Fernandes, Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts Robert Foxworth, Superior Donuts, San Diego Rep John Rua, Somewhere, Old Globe Kyle Sorrell, Angels in America, Ion Theatre
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, FEMALE Jill Drexler, Foxfire, Moonlight Stage Productions Melinda Gilb, Walter Cronkite is Dead, San Diego Rep Jo Anne Glover, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Lois Markle, August: Osage County, Old Globe Rosina Reynolds, The Glass Menagerie, Cygnet Aubrey Saverino, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, FEMALE Lisel Gorrel-Getz, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep Catalina Maynard, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Tonya Pinkins, Milk Like Sugar, La Jolla Playhouse Diana Reasonover, Stick Fly, Mo'olelo Performing Arts Karson St. John, Ten Cent Night, Moxie
OUTSTANDING FEATURED PERFORMANCE IN A PLAY, MALE Ben Diskant, The Tempest, Old Globe David Ellenstein, My Name is Asher Lev, North Coast Rep Nick Kennedy, Grace, Ion Theatre Brian Mackey, The Glass Menagerie, Cygnet Matt Thompson, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Jay Whittaker, Amadeus, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING TOURING PRODUCTION Jesus Christ Superstar, La Jolla Playhouse Next to Normal, Broadway/San Diego Shrek the Musical, Broadway/San Diego
OUTSTANDING NEW PLAY Kirsten Greenidge, Milk Like Sugar, La Jolla Playhouse Matthew Lopez, Somewhere, Old Globe Stephen Metcalfe, The Tragedy of the Commons, Cygnet David Myers, Small Prophecies, UC San Diego
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A PLAY Sam Gold, August: Osage County, Old Globe Adrian Noble, The Tempest, Old Globe Glenn Paris, Claudio Raygoza, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Daren Scott, Of Mice and Men, New Village Arts Delicia Turner Sonnenberg, Dead Man's Cell Phone, Moxie Matthew Wiener, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep
OUTSTANDING SOUND DESIGN David Ballard, Amadeus, Old Globe Melanie Chen, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Deborah Gilmour Smyth, The Book of the Dun Cow, Lamb's Players Jeremy J. Lee, Somewhere, Old Globe George Ye, Tragedy of the Commons, Cygnet
OUTSTANDING COSTUME DESIGN Deirdre Clancy, Amadeus, Old Globe Jennifer Brawn Gittings, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep Jennifer Brawn Gittings, The Who's Tommy, San Diego Rep Sonia Elizabeth Lerner, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep Jeanne Reith, The Servant of Two Masters, Lamb's Players
OUTSTANDING LIGHTING DESIGN Christopher Akerlind, Sleeping Beauty Wakes, La Jolla Playhouse Alan Burrett, The Tempest, Old Globe Karen Filijan, Angels in America, Ion Theatre Michael Gilliam, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Japhy Wiedeman, August: Osage County, Old Globe
OUTSTANDING SET DESIGN Marty Burnett, Lend Me A Tenor, North Coast Rep David Korins, Little Miss Sunshine, La Jolla Playhouse Michael McKeon, Trying, Lamb's Players Tobin Ost, Jane Austen's Emma, Old Globe Victoria Petrovich, In the Next Room, San Diego Rep David Zinn, August: Osage County, Old Globe
Other awards announced at the ceremony: Outstanding Young Artist/Sandra Ellis-Troy Scholarship Outstanding Special Event Braunagel Award for Achievement by a Small Theater Actor of the Year
*photo source: oldglobe.org